African Studies

In this open access book, Maasai leader and activist Meitamei Dapash teams with historian Mary Poole to offer a new version of Maasai history based on Maasai memory and concerns. Through their rich and detailed narrative, we learn not only about the...

In Reconfiguring Racial Capitalism, Mingwei Huang traces the development of new forms of racial capitalism in the twenty-first century. Through fieldwork in one of the “China malls” that has emerged along Johannesburg’s former mining belt, Huang...

This volume of essays is a reflection on social memory as a force for social and economic transformation.Written by scholars and organic intellectuals, it focuses on the uses of social memory, in particular the conflict between the legacies of...

This book presents a detailed study of the political journalism of Ruth First – an independent thinker and a headstrong journalist who stood her ground in a male-dominated liberation movement. A product of information gathering which began in South...

First published in 1939, Principles of Economic Sociology has a two-fold object: first, to develop an economic theory of primitive life, secondly, to show the social principles behind the making of economic decisions, whether among primitive or advanced...

First published in 1992, A Future for Africa looks at the crises plaguing the Africa's societies and economies and argues convincingly that the problems are not insuperable, but that, though their causes are largely external, the only long-term solutions...

Originally published in 1954 and here reissuing the second edition of 1963, The Nigerian Legal System (now with a new preface by Olusoji Elias), is an account of the history of the courts, the sources and general principles of law in Nigeria. It...

In Touched by Biko, Andile M-Afrika writes about his memories of Ginsberg, the black township across the Buffalo River from central King William’s Town which was also home to Steve Bantu Biko. The book has been developed from his MA Creative Writing...

This book provides a detailed account of the history, consequences, and events leading up to the ‘Inkathagate Scandal’ which changed the course of South African history. It states that Inkathagate was the work of one man – Brian Morrow – who outraged by...

This book is an outgrowth of an international conference - The Black Body: Imagining, Writing, and Re(Reading) - held at DePaul University, Chicago in 2004. The various contributing authors critically examine the changing discourses on the black body to...

This book examines the contributions made by the governments, organisations and African people ‘on the ground’ throughout the continent towards the realisation of the South African dream in 1994. The chapters provide detailed insight into the roots of...

In South Africa, the decade of 1980–1990 not only saw the mobilisation of the popular masses, but also the marked escalation of the armed struggle inside the country, initiated and waged by the African National Congress (ANC). The liberation movement,...

This book covers the contributions of various international organisations, governments and their peoples, and solidarity organisations to the liberation struggle in South Africa. With emphasis on international solidarity with the liberation struggle, the...

This groundbreaking book provides a comprehensive account of social work, social welfare, and social development in Nigeria from a postcolonial perspective. It examines the historical development of social work and social welfare and the colonial...

In Reconfiguring Racial Capitalism, Mingwei Huang traces the development of new forms of racial capitalism in the twenty-first century. Through fieldwork in one of the “China malls” that has emerged along Johannesburg’s former mining belt, Huang...

Zambia is one African country which has evolved from being a classic example of a colonial economy to become an independent state with a large export enclave. The economy has had to face structural problems that have at one time or another, characterised...

Beyond Decolonial African Philosophy dives into decoloniality discourse, challenging some of its shortcomings and offering alternative perspectives on the nature of Africanity and Afrotopia (Africa's better future) from leading African philosophers...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781032101866Author Julie ReidFormat PaperbackPage Count 218Imprint Taylor & Francis LtdPublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 453g

Water into Bones explores the spiritual importance of water in Madagascar. Families in northern Madagascar conceptualize water as a spiritual realm where magical creatures and some ancestors live, and believe that infants are born with a special...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781032228037Author Nomsa Jane MoyoFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Taylor & Francis LtdPublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 453g

Water into Bones explores the spiritual importance of water in Madagascar. Families in northern Madagascar conceptualize water as a spiritual realm where magical creatures and some ancestors live, and believe that infants are born with a special...

Set against critiques of neoliberal capitalism in the present, Infrastructural Attachments argues that the technopolitics of austerity have been the organizing logic of statecraft in Kenya since the late-nineteenth century, calling into question the...

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Exploring the social construction of womanhood in Tswana culture, this book questions how gendered expectations are shifting in the context of a rapidly changing environment. Seismic social change is underfoot in Botswana, and gender relations are in...

The decade of 1980s was one of crisis for Africa. Neither African governments nor development agencies made a significant impact on the quality of life of rural people. The enormous range of contexts in Africa — social, economic, political, cultural, and...

This book leaves no stone unturned in its comprehensive examination of the complex challenges surrounding academic freedom in Africa.Drawing on diverse perspectives and methodologies, it delves into the historical, philosophical, legal, and...

This book calls for the institution of an African feminist philosophy of language, challenging existing debates and encouraging a move away from the Western gaze.The book begins with an analysis of the philosophical context of African feminism, and a...

After centuries of colonial rule, the end of Angola's three-decade civil war in 2002 provided an irresistible opportunity for the government to reimagine the Luanda cityscape. Awash with petrodollars cultivated through strategic foreign relationships,...